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Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)



Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)



7/10



Starring
Chris Pratt
Zoe Saldana
Dave Bautista
Vin Diesel
Bradley Cooper


Directed by James Gunn


Guardians of the Galaxy had a boring intro that you’ll soon forget the moment the movie kicks off. I was looking forward to meeting Rocket (a genetically modified raccoon who’s a bounty hunter and mercenary, a weapon expert able to make weapons out of anything around him, and a masterful battle tactician). The moment Rocket was introduced, I couldn’t help but wish he stayed on screen for the entire movie.

I loved how Rocket never missed a chance to make an inappropriate joke. Then there were the other characters, all memorable in their own way, making it a sure thing that I’ll definitely be looking forward to a part two of this film—and I’ll definitely be rewatching this one.

For someone like me, who’s being introduced to The Guardians of the Galaxy for the first time, I have to say the director and screenwriters (James Gunn directed and wrote the screenplay with Nicole Perlman) absolutely delivered.

The Guardians of the Galaxy are a fictional space superhero team that first appeared in the Marvel universe in 2008. They’re a bunch of misfits brought together by different circumstances but who happened to end up in the same place (based on this movie).

Star-Lord/Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) steals a mystical orb that the villain Ronan the Accuser wants. The orb has infinite energy, which Ronan plans to use to destroy a planet named Xandar. Ronan sends Gamora (Zoe Saldana) after Quill to retrieve the orb, but Gamora has her own motives for wanting it. After Quill steals the orb, a bounty is placed on his head—a bounty that bounty hunters Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and Groot (Vin Diesel) are after, so they go after Quill too.

All four of them end up arrested and thrown in jail, where they meet Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), who’s ready to do whatever it takes to get revenge on Ronan for killing his family.

With all this coming together, the movie delivers humor, action, and memorable lines all the way through. One of those memorable lines is, “I am Groot.”

The movie’s lineup differs from the original comic book version, with the exclusion of Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock.

The movie was a huge commercial success, making more than four times its $170 million budget, which pretty much guarantees that Disney will push for a sequel.

Have you seen this wonderful movie called Guardians of the Galaxy?

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